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Resident raises concern about suspected ICE activity in Mount Vernon; council pledges to investigate and discuss community engagement
Summary
A community organizer said residents reported suspected enforcement activity on Columbus Avenue and criticized surveillance practices; council members said they would investigate and discussed limits of city authority and options for community education and engagement.
Jeff Monroe, a community organizer and Mount Vernon resident, told the City Council on Sept. 10 that he had learned about what witnesses described as enforcement activity on Columbus Avenue on Sept. 3 and asked the council what it would do to protect residents.
Monroe said he did not have confirmed evidence that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were involved. "I don't know for a fact if it's an ICE raid," he told the council, saying witnesses had reported that five people were taken but that…
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